"We are witnessing a historic process -- Russians are leaving for the first time in two centuries," independent Azerbaijani analyst Elhan Shahinoglu told AFP.
If passed, the legislation will provide a crucial financial lifetime for #Ukraine at a time when the country’s military appears at its most vulnerable since the start of the war, due to dwindling supplies of ammunition and air defense missiles.
In a #bipartisan vote, 210 #Democrats and 101 #Republicans joined to support Ukraine, with 112 Republicans – a majority of the #GOP members – voting against. The House erupted into applause when the #Ukraine bill passed, with the chair, #MarcMolinaro of New York, admonishing members not to wave Ukrainian flags.
Ultimately, the #UkraineWar has presented #China with a stark choice: double down on propping up a diminished Russian state or pursue a new reality by engaging seriously in peace talks to end the war.
The protracted war has strengthened potential rivals, exposed China to novel #sanction threats, disrupted its #economy, and drained its principal partner of resources and #MilitaryCapability.
Voldoymyr #Zelenskiy said in an interview with US television that the vote showed #Ukraine would not be “a second #Afghanistan”, whose pro-western government collapsed during an American-led pullout in the summer of 2021. #Russia
Armed Finnish #BorderGuards on cross-country skis patrol the country’s eastern flank, #NATO’s newest and longest border with its main adversary, #Russia. Helicopters and drones buzz overhead along new fences being constructed—13-feet high in places—with barbed wire on top and 24-hour electronic surveillance. #NATO#Ukraine
"Daily, Russian missiles and drones pummel Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure. A recent missile attack on a power generation plant in the north means that hundreds of thousands, if not a million more...
Unable to occupy what is an unoccupiable country, #Russia has decided it wants to make Ukrainian cities uninhabitable."
About 46,000 aircraft in total have logged problems with #GPS over the #BalticSea in the same time period, the Sun reported, based on analysis of flight logs with the website GPSJAM.org.
In a sweeping 80-19 vote, the #USSenate overwhelmingly voted to advance the measure in a step hailed by the Senate majority leader as “one of the greatest achievements the Senate has faced in years”.
#JoeBiden said on Wednesday he signed into law legislation that rushes $95bn in foreign aid to #Ukraine, #Israel and #Taiwan, a #bipartisan legislative victory he hailed as a “good day for world peace” after months of congressional gridlock threatened Washington’s support for Kyiv in its fight to repel #Russia’s invasion
Congress has approved $60 billion in military aid for #Ukraine. Here's a look at what it it's likely to include and how it might reshape the battlefield. [AUDIO]
The arms and ammunition in the $61 billion military aid package should enable #Ukraine to slow the Russian army’s bloody advances and block its strikes on troops and civilians. And it will buy Ukraine time — for long-term planning about how to take back the fifth of the country now under Russian control.
The Polish parliament is due to consider new regulations next week that would require all #Ukrainians to show a valid #passport to be able to access benefits in #Poland. Previously, Ukrainian #refugees had been able to do so by showing any other documents proving their identity. #Ukraine
Russian President #VladimirPutin said Thursday he plans to visit #China in May, in what could become the first foreign trip for the Russian leader after he extended his rule by six more years in an election that offered voters little real choice.
#Putin’s inauguration is scheduled for May 7, Russian lawmakers said earlier this week. #Ukraine
The #US agreed to send 31 Abrams M1A1 #BattleTanks to #Ukraine in January 2023 after an aggressive months long campaign by #Kyiv arguing that the tanks, which cost about $10 million apiece, were vital to its ability to breach Russian lines.
@Norobiik tanks are useful in maneuver warfare.
in static warfare they are mostly sitting ducks.
they can be useful for indirect fire, but self-propelled artillery is much better for this role.
they could be useful if there is a breach of the frontline (from either side).
“Fuelling #Russia’s defence industrial base not only threatens Ukrainian security, it threatens #EuropeanSecurity. #Beijing cannot achieve better relations with Europe while supporting the greatest threat to European security since the end of the cold war.” Blinken said. #Ukraine
The commander-in-chief of #Ukraine's armed forces said Sunday #Kyiv's position on the frontline had deteriorated and that #Russia had made a number of recent battlefield gains.
The #Kremlin-owned gas company #Gazprom has plunged to its first annual loss in more than 20 years, after gas sales more than halved following Vladimir #Putin’s invasion of #Ukraine.
#Berlin recalled Alexander Graf Lambsdorff on Monday, three days after accusing #Moscow of #cyberattacks on the governing #SocialDemocraticParty (SDP) and the country’s defence, aerospace, and IT companies. The envoy’s return was ordered just a day before the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir #Putin. #Ukraine
Tusk said #EU countries should take joint action to increase spending on defence by at least 100 billion euros ($107 billion). A joint #AirDefence "must become a European project that will be a financial effort to build a dome over #Europe," he said. "We have many more initiatives and meetings than real actions to defend the European sky. #DonaldTusk#Ukraine
#EU senior diplomats meeting on Wednesday agreed a compromise on using the estimated €4.4bn #WindfallProfits to aid #Ukraine, smoothing over a dispute about #Taxation and #ManagementCosts in #Belgium, the country where most of the frozen assets are held.
The EU deal opens the door to a broader discussion in the #G7 about using #Russia’s frozen billions of assets,
For the past year Shyshak’s brigade, the 241st, has scoured the heavens for Russian flying objects. Its task is to shoot them down before they can reach the capital. A machine-gun post has been set up on the 12th floor of a residential apartment block on the edge of the city. Nearby is a thermal power plant. This spring, #Russia has relentlessly targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
I never thought I'd hashtag Ukraine & the South China Sea in the same post 😬
#Russia is the top supplier of weapons to #Vietnam and also plays a crucial role in the exploitation of Vietnam's gas reserves in the #SouthChinaSea, in waters that #China claims as its own.
The #EU, an important trading partner for Vietnam, has imposed wide-ranging sanctions on #Moscow over its war in #Ukraine.
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